Issues in Criminal Justice (JF)
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The following testimony of Sue Solis, a victim of armed assault, is taken from a transcript of CNN's "Larry King Live" television show on January 12, 2005.
He called me at work and said, this is so-and-so, and I would like to apologize to you for what I did to you 12-years-ago today or 12 years ago.
And I wasn't - at my desk at the time. So, he called back a couple weeks later. And he said, I'd like to meet you. I'd like you to come see me in the jail. I said I don't know if I could do that....Two months later, I went...We cried. We both cried for a good hour. We both talked to each other for an hour about how our lives had changed because of that one incident. How my life had changed and how his life had changed. He spent a good 12 years in prison, and I spent a good part of 12 years trying to heal from this crime. I did forgive him. Because forgiveness releases you. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. It's hard to understand, but it's really true.
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